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America has the bloodiest labor history in the industrialized world, along with the lowest level of unionization. THE MAN WHO NEVER DIED tells the story of Joe Hill, an IWW organizer and songwriter, who was convicted of murder (probably wrongly) and executed by a Utah firing squad. What most inspired me was the courage and sacrifices ordinary men and women made in order to create a better world for the masses--many who didn't appreciate it. It is also a sad reminder that the more things change, the more they remain the same. A continued war against organized labor--now at its lowest level of unionization ever--and the backsliding of laws, such as child labor and safety--that so many fought and died for. Joe Hill's story particularly resonated me with because my own grandfather, a recent emigree from Bulgaria, would have been in Utah at precisely this time--along with a wife and…
In 1914, Joe Hill, the prolific songwriter for the Industrial Workers of the World (also known as the Wobblies), was convicted of murder in Utah and sentenced to death by firing squad, igniting international controversy. In the first major biography of the radical historical icon, William M. Adler explores an extraordinary life and presents persuasive evidence of Hill's innocence. Hill would become organized labor's most venerated martyr, and a hero to folk singers such as Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. His story shines a beacon on the early-twentieth-century American experience and exposes the roots of issues critical to the twenty-first…
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
Once again Ian Mortimer makes my list. Because I am not a historian, I have a hard time researching when the prose is so dry it puts me to sleep. Mortimer really does make me feel like a time traveler. In every chapter I find myself in a medieval inn; enjoying a shave or suffering a bloodletting; dancing carols and playing strange musical instruments; marveling at the big, bad knight who rhapsodizes over the fragrances of his favorite flowers. (A detail I used in one of my historicals.) I particularly love Mortimer's chapters dealing with the medieval character--yet another reminder that the past really is a foreign country--and that they indeed do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country. This is your guidebook. Imagine you could get into a time machine and travel back to the fourteenth century. What would you see? What would you smell? More to the point, where are you going to stay? Should you go to a castle or a monastic guest house? And what are you going to eat? What sort of food are you going to be offered by a peasant or a monk or a lord? This radical new approach turns our entire understanding of history upside down. It shows us that the past is not…
